CSXT Space Shot 2014 10th Anniversary Flight

Folks:

Here is what was posted by Buddy Michelson on his facebook page.

"Today the CSXT team celebrated it's 10 year anniversary of it's first historic flight into space by launching another Go Fast CSXT rocket into space. The flight took off at 7:32 AM Pacific time. The flawless flight was observed by the FAA, specific details will be posted later on"
— with Ky Michaelson, Nick Macomber, Kurt Anderson and Jeff Jakob at Black Rock Desert.


Congrats to the Team what a awesome flight !

Cheers
John Sicker

REALLY looking forward to more details...

eggplant said:

REALLY looking forward to more details...

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C* propellant. I have no other details at this moment.

Jeroen

How much for a CTI S-50,000 Jeroen ?

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C* propellant. I have no other details at this moment.

Jeroen

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Cool adventure, 10 days, 33 hours of sleep, and nearly 1600 miles of driving but well worth it to help get that rocket off the ground. I was very impressed by the CSXT team and enjoyed working with them to launch the rocket...I think all the 'Go Fast' helped keep me going ( :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/48721294@N08/14664371811/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/48721294@N08/14675639485/in/photostream/

Rick

Was it recovered?

rocket1017 said:

How much for a CTI S-50,000 Jeroen ?

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The retail propellant cost is ~$20K-40K depending on the %S rating.

Bob

So...anything?

Ky has posted several updates on Facebook about this flight and linked to an onboard video on DropBox. Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/ky.michaelson?fref=nf

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Here's what they posted about the flight:
From GoFast 2014 Space Launch Team

The GoFast 2014 rocket officially set a new world record on July 14, 2014 as the highest and fastest amateur rocket ever launched into space.

Analysis of the data from the recovered military grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that flew onboard shows that the GoFast rocket reached 385,800 feet above mean sea level (73.1 miles) and hit a top speed of 3,580 miles per hour. The old record held by the CSXT’s GoFast 2004 rocket was 72 miles with a top speed of 3,420 mph.

The GoFast 2014 IMU had flown successfully on four commercial space missions at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico and was calibrated using C-Band transponder US Army radar tracking data prior to its flight into space on the GoFast rocket July 14, 2014. Statistical analysis of the WSMR flights and the GoFast 2014 launch verifies the 73.1 miles attained by the GoFast rocket has a variation of 0.6 miles with a confidence level of 95%.

Congratulations to everyone for a job well done! Thank you so much for everyone’s participation and endless hours making this launch a success.

GoFast 2014 list of accomplishments;
• World record highest altitude rocket launch
• World record fastest speed rocket launch
• First photo taken from space onboard an amateur rocket
• Second amateur rocket in history to reach space

Rick

Not a lot of details about this flight other than the implication that CTI made the motor. Was this the same design as the Spaceloft XL rocket that Larson's company UP Aerospace has flown a few times? If so, one might question the rocket's amateur status.